Contest: VOTE Misc. Avatar Contest: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

[Kai "the spy"]

Wähle deine drei Lieblingsdarstellungen historischer Deutscher!
Vote for your three favorite depictions of historic Germans!

@Ghost in the Machine #1

Johannes Gutenberg

@Ghost in the Machine #2

Emmy Noether

@Ghost in the Machine #3

Johannes Kepler

@StarCruiser

Ludwig van Beethoven

@Lydia Deetz Nuts #1

Erich Kästner

@Lydia Deetz Nuts #2

Rosa Luxemburg

@Lydia Deetz Nuts #3

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, as envisioned by famous sculptor Ernst Rietschel

@rhubarbodendron #1

Melitta Bentz

@rhubarbodendron #2

Caroline Lucrezia Herschel

@rhubarbodendron #3

Princess Therese of Bavaria

 

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Ich wählte!

(Sorry, I don't know German; that's from Google translate. Hopefully it's grammatically correct.)

 

[think]

Grampa always referred to me as.. scheißekopf but he was maybe loving about the term?

"scheiße" means shit;
"kopf" means head.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

Ich wählte!

(Sorry, I don't know German; that's from Google translate. Hopefully it's grammatically correct.)

Surprisingly (as google translation tends to get it wrong) it is absolutely perfect, but as Professor Higgins remarked: 'such good English is spoken only abroad'. Like in colloquial English, in colloquial German we prefer the present perfect over past tense. Ich habe gewählt / I have voted would be the more common form.
But for a lover of language "Ich wählte" is like a tree full of bees for Winnie the Pooh

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Ich gratuliere @StarCruiser zum Wahlsieg. Next one's all yours.

 

[StarCruiser]

Actually, I voted for Gutenberg...

I felt that just everyone of us owes him more than we could imagine. That even includes Beethoven.

 

[Timewalker]

Actually, I voted for Gutenberg...

I felt that just everyone of us owes him more than we could imagine. That even includes Beethoven.

Waaay back in the previous century, the A&E channel had a 2-night countdown of the 100 most influential people of the past 1000 years.

It was surprising to see who made the list and where. Princess Diana made the list.

I'm pleased with the higher-ranked choices, though. Shakespeare came in at #5.

The #1 spot went to Johannes Gutenberg. His invention made widespread literacy possible for so many people around the world.

I wonder what he'd have made of the current trend in backsliding toward communicating in pictures rather than in real words.

 

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Actually, I voted for Gutenberg...

I felt that just everyone of us owes him more than we could imagine. That even includes Beethoven.

Sure, Gutenberg is great... but you won the vote, quite handily, I might add!

Looking forward to see what you come up with for the next contest!

I wonder what he'd have made of the current trend in backsliding toward communicating in pictures rather than in real words.

(I am sorry, apparently I could not resist the temptation.)

 

[Timewalker]

I was actually thinking about emojis and icons, not obnoxious .gifs (I love smileys, but pictures like that one above... can't stand them, actually).

 

[auntiehill]

Actually, I voted for Gutenberg...

I felt that just everyone of us owes him more than we could imagine. That even includes Beethoven.

Congrats on the win!

 

[auntiehill]

@StarCruiser : are you going to do a new contest?

 

[StarCruiser]

Lydia started this one.

I've never started a contest here. Entered this one somewhat by accident!

 

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Lydia started this one.

I've never started a contest here. Entered this one somewhat by accident!

It's tradition for the winner of the previous contest to run the next one. That's your "prize" for winning!

I'm sure you'll do fine. If you're unsure of something or have any questions, just ask!

 

[StarCruiser]

Ooookaay... Never actually paid any attention to them at all so..?

 

[auntiehill]

Ooookaay... Never actually paid any attention to them at all so..?

If you don't want to do the next poll, you can just cede to the runner-up.

 

[StarCruiser]

Done - I'm not exactly up for it right now anyway.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Well, the runner-up would be Johannes Gutenberg, entered by @Ghost in the Machine .

 

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While I would have really appreciated the new participation, I certainly understand that this is a difficult time for @StarCruiser .

I was not prepared for this, though, so please give me some time to think of a theme. I’ll post the new contest once I’ve got something figured out.

 

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New contest is up!